'Abdication of Sultan Taimur bin Faisal and accession of Sultan Saiyid Said ibn Taimur' [‎33r] (75/354)

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this aimo\ancement should be followed immediately "by the
accession of the new Kuler. My experience of the procedure
to "be adopted on the abdication of reigning monarch 8 is -
l confess - nil, "but x think the above suggestions meet the
present case* xhe crux of the matter is the approval of
Mis Majesty 1 s Government to yaiyid aaid*s succession, and
if this could be obtained by the date of your -visit, to
Muscat the way would be clear for him to step into his
father's shoes*
6* ihere are two other matters connected with baiyid
Said's succession which must be touched on., with regard
to the Council• xhis will automatically cease to exist
on Ms accession as it was merely a stop gap to meet the
case of an absentee Sultan, Saiyid Said himself wants no
one
Council, but would like two wazirs:^for finance and Defence,
and the other for justice* xhe former will be Captain
Alban and the latter Shaikh 2iubair» political relations
with the tribes and the interior he proposes to keep in his
own hands, i think this arrangement will work combined with
the general control we will have over Muscat affairs by
the assurance from Saiyid Said mentioned in paragraphs 4
and 5 above.
7. with regard to the loss of the Arms aubsidy. in
paragraph 9 of my despatch jlmo»558- B of 3ist August 1931,
to the Government of India from j^ushire, i emphasised what
a severe blew this would be to the state 5 and this point is
so obvious that i need not labour it, beyond stressing the
fact ...